Dr. Benjamin Irvine (BIAA-Hacettepe) will be holding a talk on Wednesday 05/03/2025 at 17.30 in FFB-05, entitled Bioarchaeology in Ancient Anatolia.
GE points will be given.
Bioarchaeology in Ancient Anatolia
Bioarchaeology, the study of bones and other biological materials found in archaeological contexts, can provide a wealth of information about human life and the environment in the past. This talk will examine how bioarchaeological methodologies can tackle important and broad questions related to health, dietary habits, societal complexity, warfare and violence, human-environment interactions, subsistence practices, and agricultural strategies in ancient Anatolia. It will provide an overview of how bioarchaeological approaches, and related sub-fields such as archaeological science (particularly isotopic analyses), can be used to integrate investigations of human, animal, and plant remains. How these approaches have been employed and applied, thus far, in Turkish archaeology, and what they have contributed to enhancing our understanding of past human-environment interactions in the region. Furthermore, it will examine what questions and issues they have raised and what the future directions of the discipline may look like.
Short bio for Dr. Benjamin Irvine
Benjamin Irvine is a bioarchaeologist who specialises in osteological, archaeological, and stable isotope analyses to examine human-environment interactions; particularly the dietary habits, subsistence practices, agricultural strategies, and mobility patterns of populations. He has spent nearly two decades working in Turkish archaeology and his research endeavours have focused primarily on prehistoric Anatolia and adjacent regions.